In a welcome respite from the persistent nationwide Adderall shortage, Teva seems to have gotten a handle on its supply. The drugmaker has all of its Adderall products marked as available on the FDA’s shortage list, except for the 5-mg version of its generic offering, which is estimated to see supply recovery in June.

Many of the ADHD medication shortages that have plagued the U.S. for the last two years have now been resolved, the Food and Drug Administration says. Yet some doctors and patients report they are still struggling to get prescriptions filled.

It’s one of the most common psychiatric disorders in adults. Yet there are no U.S. guidelines for diagnosing and treating patients beyond childhood.

About 1 in 9 children in the U.S., between the ages of 3 and 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that calls attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder an “expanding public health concern.”

KEY POINTS: Neuroplasticity is when the brain can rewire itself based on our daily experiences. Novel environments can improve executive function skills in individuals with ADHD. Exercise, artistic expression, and even playing video games can boost cognitive functioning.

It’s been more than a year since the FDA announced a national shortage of a popular medication prescribed to those living with ADHD.

In an interview with BET, mental health experts stress the importance of understanding and accepting conditions like autism, ADHD, and borderline personality disorder in the Black community to reduce stigma and improve care.

KEY POINTS: Inconsistency in ADHD can feel befuddling and lead to conflict. Inconsistent performance is a marker for any of us of a skill that isn’t fully formed yet. When a child with ADHD seems unusually inconsistent, that frequently reveals a skill that needs building. If inconsistency is persistently disruptive, consider an objective review of…

In this video, Greg Mattingly, MD, president, Midwest Research Group, and Psych Congress Steering Committee Member, explains the neurobiological processes by which sleep can become disrupted. Dr Mattingly also introduces innovative sleep disorder solutions made possible through the orexin receptor and its ability to modulate disordered sleep.

[Excerpt] For children taking certain medication, the risk can be even greater. “A lot of children and adolescents are on psychoactive medications, for example ADHD medications, or people with asthma who are taking inhalers are also at risk; those inhalers have stimulant effects,” said Font. “When you start combining stimulants, those cardiovascular effects can get…

Earlier this spring, actress Busy Philipps announced that she was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) alongside her 15-year-old daughter. Philipps’ diagnosis is part of a recent trend of more and more women and girls being diagnosed with ADHD.

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, found that pharmacological treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reduced violence- and public-order related crimes. However, it did not reduce other types of crimes, among patients with ADHD in early to late adolescence considered to be in the…